May the bread on your tongue...

Leave a trail of crumbs
To lead the hungry back to the place where they are from…

Take to the world…
This love, this hope and faith.
Take to the world this rare, relentless grace…
~"Take to the World," Caedmon's Call~

Thanks Caedmon’s Call for bringing me inspiration through my iPod on Monday morning!


Pic 1- Me and the girls at the Cape of Good Hope

Over this weekend I had the wonderful treat of spending time with a dear friend and former roommate-Kathy Pearson!! (It was lekkar- which is Afrikaanz for really good!!!) She has been working with Habitat for Humanity in Mozambique for the past couple of months. On her way back home she stopped in Cape Town for a few days to visit. Crazy that I'm a visitor in CT and she came to visit me!! We had the best time!! It was just like the “basement days.” If you didn’t know me when I lived in the basement apt. on Blair, then you won’t get that I guess. But I lived there with Kathy, Nat, and a couple of other friends (it was an incomplete reunion without Katie and Charis ☹

Anyway, we had the best time seeing the sites in CT and just hanging out and relaxing. Kathy is always kind of like a cup of cold water! She just refreshing, wise, and always bringing new and wonderful perspectives on life and the journey.

Probably the most memorable experience we had was walking on Fish Hoek beach and looking out and seeing 4 whales about 100 yards off the beach!!! We were way more excited than everyone around us- we kind of screamed and ran down the beach toward them! We may have looked silly, but hey…you can’t see that in TN!! We probably watched them for an hour. They were so cute, just playing and flipping around- it was precious!! Then I played fetch with a big, wet dog- and if you know me, you know that that's a pretty big deal!! And I loved it!! Wow- Boo has changed my world!

It was sad to take her to the airport- we all wanted her to stay- it seemed so natural to have her here! But, she had to leave…we just got back from taking her to the airport. With rush hour traffic it took us an hour and a half to get there!!

Something to look forward to this week…Well, brace yourself...I’m about to get out on the road!! WATCH OUT CAPE TOWN! I'm renting a car that will hopefully help me to be a little more mobile to get out and be a part of kids clubs and life skills classes in different townships. I’m excited to be able to be a part of more Living Hope excitement!! Just say lots of prayers that I quickly learn to drive on the opposite side of the road (and the car). That will take a lot of getting used to. I have to admit that I have a touch of road rage (anyone that has ridden with me could probably tell you!!), so I’m going to try really hard to keep that in check ☺ I have a feeling, a crazy video is in store for you!! I have to share the experience of driving with you, right?

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that Tazz (our car) got attacked by baboons this weekend. Ok, so you know how raccoons or possums wander around in TN? Baboons are the possums or raccoons of SA! We saw some walking across the road and stopped to take pics, then they kind of jumped on top of the car. You can only imagine the girly screams and laughter that erupted during this whole deal. All I can say is that I’m glad that our windows were rolled up!


Pic 2- I think he wanted Tazz to take him for a ride!!


Pic 3- Are they describing me or the baboons (I'm definitely attracted by food, I'm not sure about the dangerous part...well maybe when I'm driving in South Africa!!